First Thursday also includes the Saturday following in the afternoon.
After/Time, ILY2, Adams & Ollman, Elizabeth Leach, Laura Vincent Design, Augen, Blue Sky, and The Black Gallery continue. Some galleries, ILY2, A&O, and Antler are in Miami.
For your +1 you can experience Flamenco music with guitarist Brenna McDonald and guitarist/vocalist Yeshe Wingerd. A project of Espacio Flamenco, it repeats on first Thursdays. At Bar Botellón 606 NE Davis 7PM-9 Free
+2 The Portland Art Museum, through a private grant, is open free first Thursdays. They are free the whole day 10AM-8PM.
+3 The Schnitzer Collection is open First Thursday and other limited hours. They have long running theme shows and occasional events. The current show is curated from Fountain Gallery artists. The Fountain Gallery is also the subject of a retrospective at the Oregon Historical Society https://www.ohs.org/museum/exhibits/a-fountain-of-creativity.cfm.
While the Museum and Museum Art School were strong contemporary forces, the Fountain Gallery, 1961-1986 was arguably the first contemporary gallery in Portland. The Fountain Gallery stable was continued by Laura Russo, 1943-2010, who worked at the Fountain, and her gallery, now Russo-Lee. Curator Bruce Guenther, a strong contemporary curator for the Portland Art Museum, worked at the Fountain.
You can see a time capsule of an era in art in this show with parallels to the Portland Art Museum collection of works.
At the Schnitzer Family Collection https://www.jordanschnitzer.org/schnitzer-collection/ 3033 NW Yeon 3PM-8 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-fountain-of-creativity-first-thursday-tickets-1041699219407?aff=oddtdtcreator Free
PSU has open studios tonight. 2000 SW 5th 5PM-7 Free
In the Nine Gallery, Christopher Rauschenberg brings urban landscapes in Extramural Artmaking. Inside Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 5PM-8 Early Close Free
PNCA has a myriad of shows. It is easier for you to just go than to list them all. At PNCA | Willamette University www.pnca.wilamette.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 5PM-8 Free
Blackfish has a large show of 32 artists spanning 45 years. Details on their website.
At Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 5PM-8 Early Close Free
Milk Central is a group show of 10 inch square works by 40 artists in the gallery's circle. At the Portland Arts Collective https://www.portlandartscollective.org/ 120 SW Harvey Milk 6PM-9 Free
There is a multishow including crafts. At Writers Block. 818 NW Flanders 5PM-8 Early Close Free
Works by the late Rick Bartow accompany minimalist painter Yoshihiro Kitai. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 5PM-8 Free
The Little Big Show is a cash and carry small works show at Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th 5PM-8 Free
